Venice Film Festival - place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. Its main award is the "Leone d'Oro" (Golden Lion). Recently, a new award has been added, the San Marco Award for the best film in the "controcorrente" section. The Venice Film Festival is part of the "Biennale". The festival in 2003 (26 August to 6 September) was the 60th. Golden Lion winners Year Film Director 2003 The Return (Vozvracenje) Andrey Zvyaguintsev 2002 The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan 2001 Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair 2000 The Circle (Dayereh) Jafar Panahi 1999 Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao) Yimou Zhang 1998 The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) Gianni Amelio 1997 Hana-bi (Fireworks) Takeshi Kitano 1996 Michael.
Kavadh I of Persia - Rome, which had before supported the Persians. But now the emperor Anastasius refused subsidies, expecting that the two rival powers of the East would exhaust one another in war. At the same time he intervened in the affairs of the Persian part of Armenia. So Kavadh joined the Ephthalites and began war against the Romans. In 502 he took Theodosiopolis in Armenia. In 503 Amida (Diarbekr) on the Tigris. In 505 an invasion of Armenia by the western Huns from the Caucasus led to an armistice, during which the Romans paid subsidies to the Persians for the maintenance of the fortifications on the Caucasus. When Justin I (518-527) came to the throne the conflict began anew. The Persian vassal, Mondhir of Hira, laid waste Mesopotamia and slaughtered the monks and nuns..
Karl Krumbacher - scholar, was born at Kurnach in Bavaria on September 23 1856. He was educated at the universities of Munich and Leipzig, and held the professorship of the middle age and modern Greek language and literature in the former from 1897 to his death. His greatest work is his Geschichte der byzantinischen Literatur von Justinian bis zum Ende des Ostroemischen Reiches (from Justinian to the fall of the Eastern Empire, 1453), a second edition of which was published in 1897, with the collaboration of A. Ehrhard (section on theology) and H Gelzer (general sketch of Byzantine history, AD 395-1453). The value of the work is greatly enhanced by the elaborate bibliographies contained in the body of the work and in a special supplement. Krumbacher also founded the Byzantinische Zeitschrift (1892) and the.
Katyn Massacre - Poles had become prisoners of war following the invasion and defeat of Poland by the Nazis and the Soviet Union in September 1939. In 1943 the Wehrmacht discovered the mass grave of over 4000 Polish officers in the forest near Katyn and accused the Soviets of having massacred them. The Allies were aware that the Nazis had found a mass grave, as the discovery transpired, via radio transmissions intercepted and decrypted by Bletchley Park. The Soviet government denied the German charges and asserted that the Poles, war prisoners, had been captured and executed by invading German units in 1941. In 1944, having retaken the Katyn area, the Soviets exhumed the bodies again. That same year, President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt assigned Captain George Earle, his special emissary to.
Kaspar Villiger - Defence; Federal Military Department (1989 - 1995) Federal Department of Finance (1996 - 2003) He has been president of the Confederation twice in 1995 and 2002. In September 2003, he resigned for December 31, 2003. Predecessor: Elisabeth Kopp Successor: Hans-Rudolf Merz.
KANU - (KPU), was formed in 1966, led by Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, a former vice president and Luo elder. The KPU was banned and its leader detained after political unrest related to Kenyatta's visit to Nyanza Province. No new opposition parties were formed after 1969, and KANU became the sole political party. At Kenyatta's death in August 1978, Vice President Daniel arap Moi became interim President. On October 14, Moi became President formally after he was elected head of KANU and designated its sole nominee. In June 1982, the National Assembly amended the constitution, making Kenya officially a one-party state, and parliamentary elections were held in September 1983. The 1988 elections reinforced the one-party system. However, in December 1991, parliament repealed the one-party section of the constitution. By early 1992, several new parties.
Kate Douglas Wiggin - Douglas Wiggin Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 - August 24, 1923) was an American children's author and educator. Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin was born in Philadelphia. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878. She was also a writer of children's books, the best known being The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903). Kate Wiggin died at Harrow, Middlesex, England..
Kaarlo Juho Stċhlberg - Juho Stċhlberg (January 28, 1865 - September 22, 1952), First president of Finland 1919-1925, a Nationalist Liberal. Stċhlberg was born in Suomussalmi in Finland. He was christened Carl Johan, which he later changed to Finnish form like most fennomans (supporters of Finnish language and culture). In Oulu Finnish lycee he was the primus of his class. In 1889 he graduated in Laws, as a Bachelor of Arts. He had a long career as the presenter and planner of the Senate's legislation already when Finland was a Russian Grand Duchy. He supported constitutional legislative policies, including legislative resistance, against the attempted Russification of Finland, eventually even women's suffrage, and had a moderate line on Prohibition. In the beginning of Finland's independence he became the chairman of the Constitutional Council. They formed the.
Karl Wolfskehl - Karl Wolfskehl Karl Wolfskehl (September 17, 1869 - June 30 , 1948) was a Jewish-German author who wrote poetry, prose and drama in German. He was active in the circle around Stefan George and emigrated to Switzerland (1933), then to Italy (1934) and ultimately to New Zealand (1938)..
Karl Lagerfeld - Lagerfeld Karl (Otto) Lagerfeld (born September 10, 1938 in Hamburg, Germany) is widely recognized as one of the most influential fashion designers of the late twentieth century. He made his name as an independent creator who collaborated with a variety of different fashion labels, including Chloe, Fendi and Chanel..
Karoline Schelling - Karoline Schelling Karoline Schelling (September 2, 1763 September 7, 1809), one of the most intellectual German women of her age, was born at Göttingen, the daughter of the orientalist Michaelis. She married, in 1784, a district medical officer, one Böhmer, in Clausthal in the Harz, and after his death, in 1788, returned to Göttingen. Here she entered into close relations to the poet Gottfried August Burger and the critic of the Romantic school, August Wilhelm von Schlegel. In 1791 she took up her residence in Mainz, joined the famous society of the Clubbists (Klubbisten), and suffered a short period of imprisonment on account of her political opinions. In 1796 she married Schlegel, was divorced in 1803, and then became the wife of the philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling..
Kaspar von Barth - he lived alternately at Halle and on his property at Sellerhausen near Leipzig. In 1636, his library and manuscripts at Sellerhausen having been destroyed by fire, he moved to the Paulinum at Leipzig, where he died on the September 17, 1658. Barth was a very voluminous writer. Of his writings those considered to be most important are: Adversariorum commentariorum in 60 books (Frankfurt 1624, reprinted in 1658), a storehouse of miscellaneous learning, dealing not only with classical but also with medieval and modern writers commentaries on Claudian (1650) and Statius (1664)..
Karl Immanuel Nitzsch - Immanuel Nitzsch Karl Immanuel Nitzsch (September 21, 1787 - August 21, 1868), was a Lutheran church leader. He was born at the small Saxon town of Borna near Leipzig. His father, Karl Ludwig Nitzsch, at that time pastor and superintendent in Borna, later (1790) became professor at Wittenberg and director (1817) of the seminary for preachers. Karl Immanuel was sent to study at Schulpforta in 1803, going on to the University of Wittenberg in 1806. In 1800 he graduated, and in 1810 he became a Privatdozent at the university. Having become a deacon at the Schlosskirche in 1811, he showed remarkable energy and zeal during the bombardment and siege of the city in 1813. In 1815 he was appointed a preceptor in the preachers' seminary which had been established at Wittenberg.
Kamal Kharrazi - Islamic Research Institute in London. During the first months after the Ayatollah Khomeini's coup (11 March 1979), Kharrazi served as the Vice President of Iranian National Television (March to August 1979) for the new Islamic state. He then served as Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs (August 1979 to March 1980) and as Managing Director of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (August 1979 to July 1981). From July 1980 to September 1989 he was President of the Islamic Republic News Agency. On 11 September 1980, the Iran-Iraq War broke out, and Kharrazi served as a member of the Supreme Defense Council of Iran and headed the War Information Headquarters, for most of the war (September 1980 to September 1988). Kharrazi has held a number of governmental,.
Katrin Cartlidge - Katrin Cartlidge (May 15 1961 - September 7 2002) was a British actress. She was already becoming well known for her film work which included work with leading film directors such as Mike Leigh and Lars von Trier. This is a stub article: please add more here..
Karl Wilhelm Dindorf - and his brother Ludwig, a work of prodigious labour and utility. His reputation suffered somewhat through the imposture practised upon him by the Greek Constantine Simonides, who succeeded in deceiving him by a fabricated fragment of the Greek historian Uranius. The book was printed, and a few copies had been circulated, when the forgery was discovered, just in time to prevent its being given to the world under the auspices of the university of Oxford. Shortly after the death of his brother, he lost all his property and his library by rash speculations. His brother Ludwig (Leipzig, January 3, 1805 - Leipzig, September 6, 1871) never held any academic position, and led so secluded a life that many doubted his existence, and declared that he was a mere pseudonym. The important.
Kansai International Airport - man-made island in Osaka Bay, south of Osaka, Japan. It opened on September 4, 1994. Domestic airlines have maintained the majority of their operations at the old Osaka International Airport (大阪国際空港), or Itami Airport (伊丹空港), which is more conveniently located in respect to Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. Kansai International Airport has a single four-story terminal, which is the world's longest building. A sophisticated people mover system moves passengers from one end of the mile-long pier to the other. In the Kansai dialect, Kansai Airport is often called Kankū (関空). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 International Carriers 2 Domestic Carriers 3 Cargo Carriers 4 History 5 Outlook 6 Ground Transportation 7 External Links International Carriers International arrivals go to immigration and baggage claim on the first floor. International departures are ticketed on.
Veit Stoss - (ca. 1445-50 in Horb am Neckar - 20 September 1533 in Nuremberg) was a famous German sculptor who came to Cracow, Poland from Nuremberg in 1477. He carved a magnificent wooden altar in St Mary's Church in Cracow. Among other his important works are tomb of king Casimir IV the Jagiellonian in Cracow Cathedral, Altar from Bamberg and some other sculptures in Nuremberg including the Annunciation and Tobias and the Angel..
Karelo-Finnish SSR - Soviet Socialist Republic, which was set up on March 31, 1940, was to serve as a remainder for the Finns that the Soviet Union had not renounced their claims. In the ensuing Continuation War, the territory was occupied by Finland more or less from July 1941 until September 1944, and in the following peace Finland was able to defend its independence. On July 16, 1956, the republic was incorporated into the Russian SFSR as the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Politics The chairman of the Karelo-Finnish Supreme Soviet (1940-1956) was Finnish communist Otto Kuusinen. In Finland, which had suffered hard from the civil war in the 1920s between white and red (socialist), Kuusinen came to be seen as a traitor also by the socialist side. In the republic there was also.
Karl Scheurer - Karl Scheurer Karl Scheurer (September 27, 1872 - November 14, 1929), Swiss politician. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 11, 1919 and died in office on November 14, 1929. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. During his office time he held the Department of Defence; Military Department. He was president of Switzerland in 1923. Predecessor: Eduard Müller Successor: Rudolf Minger.
